Cytokine level in blood serum of patients with osteoarthrosis

Volodymyr Filipenko, Frieda Leontyeva, Dmytro Morozenko, Iryna Korzh

Abstract

The article examines pathogenetic and diagnostic roles of the following cytokines in osteoarthrosis of large joints: interleukin 1 beta (IL-1β), interleukin 1RA (IL-1RA), interleukin 4 (IL-4), interleukin 6 (IL-6) and tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α). It was revealed that levels of IL-1β and IL-6 increased from osteoarthrosis stages I-II to III-VI. IL-1RA concentration in patients’ blood at stages III-VI was lower versus I-II, IL-4 being higher only at stages III-IV of the disease, while TNF-α remained within normal values. Such changes of interleukin content in blood serum of patients with osteoarthrosis demonstrated severe immunological disturbances in their organism. A correlation between cytokine production levels at different stages of osteoarthrosis is indicative of the development of a natural induction of an acute inflammatory process in joints.